Re: Raw Arguments - last call for comment

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Nov  3, 2000, Bruce Korb <address@hidden> wrote:

> Anyway, you are right that it is generally a simple macro
> definition.

It is not generally simple.  Just take a look at all the contortions
GCC has to do to accommodate the various argument-passing strategies.
Sometimes, arguments have to be passed in general-purpose registers,
floating-point registers or the stack, and this often depends on the
type of the argument.  A simple macro is hopeless except for a few
simple cases.

If you want to build argument lists on the fly, I strongly recommend
Anthony Green's libffi, available at sources.redhat.com

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